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OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY.

convexo-plane, gibbous, even, smooth, tawny-cinnamon, atlength tan-coloured, shining; stem stuffed,conico-attenuated,rigid, soft within, white, as well as the subperonate veil; gillsadnate, crowded, pallid, then tawny-einnamon.— Scfueff. t. 81.

In pine-woods. Bristol, Dr. Stephens.

44. C. (Hygrocybe) dilutus, Fr.; pileus somewhat fleshy,convexo-plane, subumbonate, smooth, even, opaque, light-red; stem stuffed, then hollow, soft, pallid, thickened at thebase; veil fibrillose; gills emarginate, adnexed, broad, crowd-ed, pale-cinnamon.— Bolt . t. 10.

In woods, Bolton. Not found since his time. Pileus about2 inches across.

45. C. (Hygrocybe) castaneus, Fr.; pileus slightly fleshy,firm, campanulato-convex, flattened out or gibbous, even,chestnut; stem cartilaginous, stuffed, then hollow, even, violetor pale rufous; veil white, fibrillose; gills fixed, ventricose,rather crowded, violet, then ferruginous.— Bull. t. 268.

In woods and gardens, on the naked ground. Common. Asmall species.

46. C. (Hygrocybe) Reedii, B.; pileus conical, then ex-panded and strongly umbonate, smooth, shining, persistentlybrown ; disc areolate; margin splitting; stem white, solid,fibrilloso-striate, slightly bulbous ; veil fibrillose, evanescent;gills broad, ventricose, ascending, attenuated behind, free,white or pallid, then cinnamon.— Huss. ii. t. 45.

Amongst moss and beech-mast. May. Hayes, Surrey.Pileus one inch across. Stem l|-2 inches high. Tastelessand scentless. Flesh pallid. Allied to C. leucopus and C.Krombholzii.

47. C. (Hygrocybe) leucopus, Fr.; pileus slightly fleshy,conical, then expanded, at length umbonate, even, smooth,light-red; stem stuffed, then hollow, equal, white; gills